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Thursday, October 27, 2011

From Laura - 5 books

I drafted this a long time ago...

1. What book did you struggle to get through but is something you’re glad you’ve read? -.War and Peace. It’s a classic, plus it’s one of those ‘top tier’ books. If you have read it, you are cool. And I like it even more that I didn’t read the last ten pages. I was just done. No more.

2.What’s a book whose popularity has baffled you? The Secret. I mean, it’s not really a secret. I just wish I had written it so I could have made bazillions of dollars. A great review from Publisher’s weekly: “Supporters will hail this New Age self-help book on the law of attraction as a groundbreaking and life-changing work, finding validation in its thesis that one's positive thoughts are powerful magnets that attract wealth, health, happiness... and did we mention wealth? Detractors will be appalled by this as well as when the book argues that fleeting negative thoughts are powerful enough to create terminal illness, poverty and even widespread disasters.”

3. If you could make everyone you know read one book, what would it be? Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales – the original ones. Because they are excellent stories, excellent allegories, and they show that it’s not all a happy ending. Which too many people these days expect out of a story. And life.

4. What book have you liked less and less as time has gone by? Um, I really can’t think of any.

5. What book have you loved more and more as time has gone by? I’m not sure this is supposed to count, but the original Joy of Cooking. It’s just such a timeless cookbook and has so much to offer in terms of reference and history and such.

2 comments:

I do love the Joy of Cookinng and the original Grimms and Anderson fairy tales. I liked the cautionary aspects warning us of not wandering in the woods alone,etc. Life is not a safe place unless you use your head and even then its iffy.

Great answers, NoR. I haven't read War and Peace myself...and I will never read The Secret. Ugh. A lot of people don't realize how dark the original Grimm and Andersen fairy tales really are. They think of the Disney versions. Great recommendation!

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